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Number 5
1087
Kingdom of Iraq
Ministry of Telegraph, Post and Telephone
6 AUG 50
TEL. ⟦illegible⟧
Arrived at hour: 9/20
Minute:
Inspected by: Sami
Word count: 21
Administrative instructions: A
Date: 6
Issuing office: Halabja
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community
Secondly, the Director of Halabja Police is permanently banning travel week
We came to Baghdad with a passport in our hand, no one could stay in Halabja
more than this, therefore we travel tomorrow, we request the order to bring
the transferred 266 persons and inform us regarding Syria
We inform the bus and thanks
4
8/5
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Yaqub Azaria, teacher. Eliyahu Shakmu
Halabja
Do not move from Halabja until it is your turn to travel. We have no place for your residence
now.
Selim Khabbaza
Secretary of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
Secretary of the Jewish Community
⟦illegible⟧
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(185)
1402
Incoming Internal Telegram
Telegram Number ⟦illegible⟧
Time of registration: 11/⟦...⟧
Arrived at hour: 11
Minute: 25
From: Samarra
Received by: ⟦signature⟧
Word count: 19
Administrative instructions: ⟦line⟧
Date: 8
Issuing Department: Hilli
To Baghdad Head of the Jewish Community
Thursday ⟦8/11⟧ I will head to your side in the morning with
Form No. 51 to 209
Hilli Teacher
Al-Basho Shlomo
POSTS & TELEGRAPHS
50 FELS
BAGHDAD
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Teacher Eliyahu Shlomo
Halabja
You cannot travel to Baghdad Thursday morning. We have no place for your stay.
Secretary of the Community
Salim Khayyata
Secretary of the Jewish Community in Baghdad
⟦signature⟧
8/12
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Presidency of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. { 3531 President
5452 Secretary
Number:
Subject: Confidential
Date: 10 / 8 / 950
Your Excellency the President
You have previously requested to be provided with information regarding
the two death certificates attached herewith due to the suspicion
surrounding their authenticity about fifteen days ago. Since it appeared to me
that the two mentioned certificates were presented to the Directorate of Travel
and Nationality and that the suspicion still exists regarding them, I request
the order to conduct an investigation in a fast and confidential manner regarding their authenticity
and how they were issued by the person in charge of burial affairs.
This is for your order.
⟦signature⟧
Secretary
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Baghdad 13 / 8 / 950
Administration of the Jewish Community in Baghdad:
Number: 522
Date: 13 / 8 / 950
File Number:
(5)
Outgoing Register
<del>⟦illegible⟧</del>
<del>Outgoing Register</del>
His Excellency the President of the Jewish Community, Respected
After greetings
Our committee took over the management of the Menashi Saleh School shelter on 26 / 6 / 950
And despite the expansion of our responsibility in supporting the refugees, managing them, and caring for them in proportion to the increase in their numbers and the multiplication of their problems
We were able to manage the enormous expenses required by our mission thanks to the donations we received from benefactors. Since
the community administration has not provided us, since we took over the shelter, with more than six hundred dinars, which is the expenses for about ten days only.
As for now, our resources from donations have stopped, while the shelter's expenses continue
to increase steadily despite our following the maximum possible economy. In view of the above, we inform Your Excellency that
after the extraordinary meeting held by our committee this morning and after considering all possibilities
and probabilities, we found that it is impossible for us to continue working after twenty-four hours from today unless we receive
a sufficient amount that guarantees the shelter's normal operation.
Accordingly, in this situation, and to prevent the chaos that will inevitably
occur in the shelter after we quit work, we request attention to appointing someone to take over its affairs.
Please accept our highest respect
⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ | ⟦signature⟧ | Renee Cohen
Member | Member | Member | Member | Vice President | President
Copy to:
To the Honorable Lay Council
To the High Committee for Registration
For filing
⟦signature⟧
To be presented to the Council
15 / 8
Adham
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T / 517 / 50
17 / 8 / 1950
Department Copy
His Excellency the Director of Travel and Nationality Police, Respected
Reference to your marginal note dated 9 / 8 / 1950 on the attached petition. The result of
the audit showed that the members of this family, namely Farha Moshi and her two daughters Latifa Yaqub and ⟦B⟧ertin Yaqub,
possess civil status records numbered 99, 100, and 2462 issued by the Kifl Civil Status Office and were born
in Baghdad, but they resided in Al-Kifl. ⟦And⟧ as for the petitioner Yusuf Yaqub, he has been residing with them in Al-Kifl
also since the year 1946, as they all took this sub-district as their place of residence without leaving it since
the aforementioned year and they did not change their residence there. Therefore, since they have become residents of the sub-district
of Al-Kifl in the Hilla Brigade, we request that you order the competent authorities to conduct their registration process to revoke their nationalities
in the Hindiya District. With respect,
For filing
Revocation
⟦illegible⟧
On behalf of the Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
9 / 14 / 8
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Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Citizenship Revocation Division
Baghdad
Date: 1950/8/19
Number: Above the number
⟦illegible⟧
Subject: Residential Inquiry
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community in Baghdad
We are sending herewith a list containing the names of persons sent from Baqubah Brigade, and a portion
of these were born in Baghdad and their place of registration is Baqubah. Please inform us whether
their actual place of residence is Baghdad or Baqubah by inference, along with the duration of their residence
in the brigade attributed to them.
Director of Travel and Nationality Police
⟦signature⟧
A copy of it to:
To the Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Baghdad / For information
Mr. Elias Gabbay
For settlement in the joint case
with Mr. Subhi Laila and inform me
8/19
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Directorate General of Police
Travel and Nationality Division
Baghdad
Number: 560
Date: 1950/8/24
To the Presidency of the Israelite Community
Presidency of the Israelite Community
Baghdad
Special Number T / 665 / 50
Date 24 / 8 / 50
Subject: Forgery of death documents
The person named Heskel Hadhouri Ezra, aged (16) years and considered a minor, visited us
claiming that his parents are deceased and requesting the completion of his deportation processing with his older sister who
renounced her nationality, due to his minority and the absence of a legal guardian for him other than her. On this basis
we requested him to support his claim with a statement from a neighborhood Mukhtar and a witness, so he presented us with the two documents numbered and dated
7200 on 1950/7/24 and 7201 on 1950/7/24 confirming the death of his father and mother. Then
a secret report was received stating that these two documents have no basis in truth. Based on this report, the competent
assistant conducted an investigation and it was proven to him that there is no basis of truth for these two documents and that the parents of the referred person
⟦are alive⟧ so he brought them before him and they confessed that they are the parents of the aforementioned. Therefore, please inform us who is
responsible for organizing such documents. Also, please draw the attention of your specialized employees to not
repeat this in the future. And inform us.
Director of Travel and Nationality Division
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Honorable Vice President
You are aware that we issue such certificates based on
a certificate signed by Mr. Subhi Haddad, the administrator of
the parish in Aqaba. According to the procedures, we have issued
these two certificates based on the documents submitted by him and
attached herewith. Accordingly, I summoned the aforementioned
Mr. Subhi and reviewed his records, and it appeared that the names
of both Khadouri Ezra Shaqroun and Naeema Khadouri
Naftali were present instead of Khadouri Ezra and Naeema Naftali
I am informing you of the matter, please.
⟦illegible⟧
Please respond to the submitted petition
and refer to the administrator of
the parish regarding the writing of names
in the certificates he issued according to
what is present in his records without omitting a name or title
⟦signature⟧
8/28
⟦signature⟧
8/28
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T / 50/8572
08/29/1950
Copy for the ⟦...⟧ Department
To Mr. Heskel Haddad
In charge of burial affairs at the Israelite Cemetery
Baghdad
⟦illegible stamp⟧
It has become clear to us that you provided us with two death certificates, the first in the name of Naeema Naftali and the second
in the name of Khedhouri Ezra, while it appeared that the correct names of the two deceased according to your records are Naeema
Khedhouri Naftali and Khedhouri Ezra Shamoun respectively, which led to confusion.
Therefore, we request that you write the names of the deceased in the certificates you issue literally as they exist
in your records without neglecting a name or a title.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦signature⟧
8/29
8/29/1
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T / 50/1522
1950/8/28
Travel and Nationality Police Directorate ⟦line⟧
Greetings,
Reference to your letter No. 560 dated 1950/8/12.
Since all death certificates are issued by us based on the documents of the Undertaker ⟦line⟧
at the Jewish Cemetery in Baghdad, we have audited the records of the aforementioned person and it became clear to us that the names
of the two deceased persons intended in the certificates No. 3300 and 3301 dated 1950/7/24
are Naeema Khadhuri Naftali and Khadhuri Ezra Shimon respectively. It has been confirmed to us that the aforementioned person
submitted these two documents with the names written in them by mistake and in good faith, and we have drawn his attention to the necessity
of writing the names in the certificates he issues literally as they exist in his records in the future.
Please accept our highest respect ⟦line⟧
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦Signature⟧
8/29
To be filed
Dropped
1/26/8
⟦illegible⟧
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Iraq
Ministry of Finance
General Directorate of Income Tax
Baghdad
Assessment 8
Number / 2864
Date / 28 / 8 / 950
29
Presidency of the Jewish Community
Baghdad
Incoming Number T / 670 / 5
Date 29 / 8 / 50
To :-
Presidency of the Jewish Community
We have noticed that some names of Jews whose citizenship has been revoked are identical to the names of merchants
registered in this directorate. To prevent any manipulation of the clearance forms,
we request that every form be reinforced with a photograph of its owner, and this directorate will refrain from certifying
any form devoid of a photograph as of the date above.
⟦illegible⟧
Acting Director General of Income Tax
A copy to :-
Ministry of Interior - For your kind information.
Ministry of Finance - " "
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police - For information
Income Tax Assessor for Baghdad District / 8 - For information
H. M.
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Honorable members of the Executive Committee of the Israelite Community in Baghdad,
After greetings,
Presented to you:
We request to obtain an order from the Iraqi government to transport the materials present
in the Torah scrolls of Khanaqin and to dispose of the materials that cannot be transported in Khanaqin
in the name of Jamil Ibrahim Jay. This is with our thanks.
The materials are as follows:
20 Rimonim, only twenty
1 Silver binder, one
1 Kiddush cup, one
2 Chairs of Elijah the Prophet, two
1 Pitcher, one
1 Ice bucket, one
15 ⟦Candle⟧ for electrical requirements, fifteen
21 Glass panes, twenty-one
6 Carpets, six only
26 Sofas, twenty-six
1 Copper pot, one
2 Bottles, two
7 Silver containers, number two
10 Electrical coils, ten
1 Electric heater, one
Head of the Israelite Community
in Khanaqin
<del>on them and it is</del> and everything found in the Torah scrolls
All Menorot
And in the ⟦rest⟧ you obtained for us an order to transport the Sifrei Torah and books
For information, this is it, and may you remain well.
Head of the Community in Khanaqin
⟦...⟧
Head of the Israelite Community
⟦...⟧
Baghdad 21 / 8 / 1950
4764
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE No. 5452
(1)
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 5452
⟦(192)⟧
Subject Summary ::
Number :: 950 / N 21
Date ::
I have received from Mr. Daoud Heskel Shuttob on behalf of his father Mr.
Heskel Daoud Shuttob - resident of Khanat al-Kahi via Mr. Elias Cohen
Secretary of the Renunciation and Travel Committee, his father Soua Shasha the accountant
in the administration of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, the registers, correspondence
and files belonging to and related to the renunciation of citizenship, the details of which are listed
below :-
Synagogue to which the file belongs | Number of file papers | Initial registration date
| | From | To
1- Ezra Daoud | 224 | 12/4/50 | 9/5/950
2- Louisa | 262 | 11/4/50 | 27/4/50
3- Meir | 181 | 11/4/50 | 9/5/50
4- Shuker | 192 | 11/4/50 | 9/5/50
5- Heskel | 185 | 11/4/50 | 27/4/50
6- Amadiya (Baruch) | 177 | 11/4/50 | 20/4/50
7- Reina | 165 | 11/4/50 | 20/4/50
2) Three supplementary notebooks containing the names of initial registrants in Ezra Daoud Synagogue
The first notebook contains (197) pages - starting from 10/5/50 until 4/6/50
The second notebook contains (198-262) pages - starting from 5/6/50 until 2/7/50
The third notebook contains (22) pages starting from 3/7/50 until 11/7/1950
Recipient
Elias Cohen
Secretary of the Grievance Committee
24/10/50
Deliverer
Daoud Shuttob
On behalf of his father
Heskel Daoud Shuttob
24/10/950
⟦signature⟧
Murtada
Vice President of the Lay Council
For filing
End
⟦illegible⟧
Secretary of the Grievance Committee
24-10-950
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JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
IN BAGHDAD
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE No. 5452
TELEPHONE No. 5452
(2)
Number ::
Date :: 21 / 8 / 950
Subject Summary ::
3 / Three attached notebooks containing the names of those registered initially
in the Great Synagogue
The first contains (194) pages corresponding from 10 / 5 / 950 until 24 / 7 / 50
The second contains (84) pages corresponding from 5 / 6 / 50 until 29 / 7 / 50
The third contains (40) pages corresponding from 12 / 7 / 50 until 17 / 7 / 50
At the same time, the same notebook (the third) contains (24) pages
from (21 - 64) corresponding from 19 / 7 / 950 until 21 / 8 / 50
And those are the names of those registered initially on the same days
4 / Two attached notebooks containing the names of those registered initially
in the Shukr Synagogue :-
The first contains (199) pages corresponding from 10 / 5 / 50
until 15 / 6 / 950
And the second contains (25) pages corresponding from 2 / 6 / 50
until 15 / 6 / 950
5 / Seven small files containing the weekly renunciation lists
from 11 / 6 / 950 until 18 / 9 / 950, and that is because each
file belongs to one of the synagogues mentioned in the first
of these papers, according to which the papers listed above
were delivered and received.
6 / Three files for medical reports
The first for recent medical reports
The second " " previously accepted
The third " " previously rejected
Greet
21/8/950
Police bags
Shukr
Koko Al-Gawani
7/9/950
(To be continued)
Secretary K. B.
21 / 8 / 950 Shashi
Vice President of the Council
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Second Copy
JEWISH LAY COUNCIL
BAGHDAD
TELEPHONE NO. 5452
The Lay Council of the Jewish Community
in Baghdad
Telephone No. 5452
Subject Summary ::
Number :: 950/N 21
Date ::
( 2 )
7) Miscellaneous petitions whose processing has not yet been completed
8) The civil status records belonging to the persons
whose names are mentioned below were also withdrawn
Azouri Shaul, Razouqa Jabbouri, Rachel Horon, Abdullah Nassim,
Hani Salman, Salem Shamil, Fouad Shehata Haqouri,
Ibrahim Elia.
9) The service records belonging to the individuals listed
below were also withdrawn :-
Munshi Ibrahim, Rahma Hayyim Yusuf, Ezra Israel Shamil,
Abdullah Yusuf, Haqouri Naoum Salman, Azouri Bashir Muqaddam,
Subhi Shehata Ibrahim, Horon Nassim Ibrahim, Hanin Razouqi,
Yaqub Haqouri.
⟦illegible signature⟧
Accountant
Almas Cohen Souai Munshi
950/N 21
⟦illegible signature⟧
Nouri Yusuf
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
Continuation
Secretary of the Lists Committee
950/9/10
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T. A. / 1524
10/9/1950
⟦Department Copy⟧
Presidency of the Committee for Revocation of Citizenship and Deportation
Baghdad
Greetings,
We transmit to you below a copy of the letter from the Directorate General of Income Tax No. 21864 dated 29/8/1950 for your
perusal and to take the necessary action. Sincerely.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Copy of the Letter
Iraq
Ministry of Finance
Directorate General of Income Tax
Baghdad
⟦To the Secretary⟧
To -
Presidency of the Jewish Community
We have noticed that some names of Jews whose citizenship has been revoked are identical to the names of merchants registered in this Directorate. To prevent
any manipulation in the clearance forms, we request that each form be reinforced with a photograph of its owner, and this Directorate will refrain from
accepting any form devoid of a photograph as of the date mentioned above.
Acting Director General of Income Tax
A copy to -
Ministry of Interior - for your kind perusal
Ministry of Finance - " " "
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police - for information
Income Tax Assessor for Baghdad District - 8 for information
1/29/8
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To whom it may concern.
We certify that Shlomo Gurji Khadouri and his family consisting of the persons
mentioned, namely Saliha, Masouda, and Habiba, came from Baqubah
and resided in our neighborhood in the house numbered 127/87 located in the Al-Tawrat neighborhood
for approximately two years, and for this reason we have signed.
Mr. Bazzaz in Khan Kubba
Daoud Sah
Daoud Shuha
Abdullah Zanki
Isaac Arar Bazzaz
Sah
Yitzhak ⟦...⟧
Salim Fattal
Bazzaz in Khan Kubba
Witness
Saleh Saqr
⟦...⟧
Head of the family
Shlomo Gurji Khadouri
From the residents of Baqubah
10 Fils
40 Fils
We confirm the authenticity of the signatures above
Mukhtar of the Al-Tawrat neighborhood
⟦illegible⟧
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To whom it may concern
We, the undersigned, testify that the persons whose names are listed below are from the people of
Yantaba and they came to Baghdad and lived in our neighborhood in the house numbered ⟦64/152⟧ Tatran, and that was approximately
six years ago, noting that the person named Naeem Khadhuri Saqli
is a resident of our neighborhood and is registered in the house numbered ⟦148/152⟧ and that he married the woman
named Reeha Tono approximately a year and a half ago, whose name is listed below
and she lives with him in her family's house in Baghdad in the Taht al-Takiya neighborhood, number ⟦166/1⟧
For this reason, this certificate was written on 9/4/1950
Name | Father | Mother | Neighborhood and House Number | Birth
Tono | Yusuf | Ghala | Diyala Al-Sarai 19/22 | 1890
Shirin | Yusuf | Samha | " | 1899
Setti | Tono | Setir | " | 1922
Reeha | " | " | " | 1925
Shaul | Eliyahu | Masroura | Baqubah Diyala Takiya House 19/20 | 1920
Naeem | Khadhuri | Maatouqa | Baghdad Tatran 152/148 | 1920
Witness Ezra Tono
Witness Naji Khulaif
The Mukhtar
40 Fils
5 Fils
5 Fils
⟦illegible circular stamp⟧
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Department Copy
T / 1528 / 50
5 / 9 / 1950
Directorate of Travel and Nationality Police
Baghdad
Greetings,
Reference to your letter numbered 'Extraordinary' and dated 19 / 8 / 1950.
After investigation, it has become clear to us that each of the nine persons mentioned
by name in the list attached to your above-mentioned letter are residents of
Diyala (Baqubah), and that the first five had migrated from their province and lived in Baghdad
six years ago, while the last four migrated to Baghdad two years ago.
We return to you herewith the mentioned list for your kind perusal.
On behalf of the Head of the ⟦Jewish⟧ Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
⟦illegible signature⟧
For filing
Revocation
1/4/9
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T/1529/50
5 / 9 / 1950
(2197)
Central Telephone Directorate
Baghdad
Greetings,
Please be so kind as to order the transfer of telephone number 4618 assigned
to the Private Intermediate School for Boys in Al-Sinak to the headquarters of the Nationality Revocation
and Deportation Committee located on Al-Saadoun Street in house number 56/2/1, and that
as quickly as possible.
Please accept our respects.
On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community
Vice President of the Lay Council
Capacity of Vice President
This letter was drafted
at the request of the President
⟦illegible⟧ 9/5
For filing
Nationality Revocation Committee
⟦illegible⟧
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(2)
Committee for Denaturalization and Deportation
Baghdad
Number - 22
Date - 5 / 9 / 1950
C/ 552 / 50
1950/9/6
Administration ⟦illegible⟧
Number ⟦illegible⟧
Date ⟦illegible⟧
His Excellency the President of the Lay Council, Respected
After greetings and respect,
Further to our letter No. 4 dated 1 / 9 / 1950.
Our committee decided in its meeting held on 4 / 9 / 1950 to continue
paying the allowances of the Income Tax employees amounting to sixty dinars per month, especially
since the mentioned allowances were paid to them with the approval of the Ministry of Finance in its letter No.
11316 dated 1 / 8 / 1950 based on their participation in completing income tax transactions
for Jews whose citizenship was revoked, after official working hours. As for
the allowances of Mr. Murad Twayq, Director of Income Tax Transactions, we found no justification
for paying them.
With highest respect to your Excellency.
⟦signature⟧
The President
Employees
Income tax allowances are to be paid
and a letter is to be submitted regarding
Mr. Murad Twayq for consideration
of his matter
⟦signature⟧
6/9
⟦faint blue stamp⟧